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  "methodology": "https://sourcescore.org/methodology/",
  "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/source/politico/",
  "source": {
    "slug": "politico",
    "name": "Politico",
    "domain": "politico.com",
    "category": "News",
    "summary": "U.S. + EU political journalism site; daily coverage with strong source-network in Washington + Brussels.",
    "founded": 2007,
    "verified": "2026-04-28",
    "methodologyVersion": "v0.1"
  },
  "scores": {
    "index": {
      "value": 78,
      "grade": "B",
      "rationale": "B+ — strong political beat reporting; daily Playbook newsletter sets DC agenda.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "Composite",
          "detail": "Discipline 80 + Modern Reference 78 + Velocity 82."
        }
      ]
    },
    "discipline": {
      "value": 80,
      "grade": "B",
      "rationale": "Multi-source political reporting; corrections public; named-author bylines + editor accountability.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "Reporting depth",
          "detail": "Strong source network in Washington + Brussels."
        }
      ]
    },
    "modernReference": {
      "value": 78,
      "grade": "B",
      "rationale": "Open-web with metered articles; LLM corpus partial inclusion.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "Newsletter dominance",
          "detail": "Playbook newsletter widely-cited (open-web)."
        }
      ]
    },
    "velocity": {
      "value": 82,
      "grade": "B",
      "rationale": "Cited daily by other tier-1 outlets + AI engines; sets DC political news cycle.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "DC agenda-setting",
          "detail": "Playbook + Politico Pro newsletters drive same-day coverage."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
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    "data": "Underlying public-source data credited to original publishers"
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